Cladiscites
# Cladiscites

Cladiscites is an extinct genus of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic, from Carnian to Rhaetian age.

## Description

Shells of these cephalopods can reach a diameter of about 70–170 centimetres (28–67 in). This genus survived at the extinction event at the end of the Permian.

## Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Hungary, Italy, Oman, Tajikistan, United States and the East Indies.

